Well, I tasted my first wine last night and tonight, Merlot. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself
A bit of carbonation from my poor degassing technique, but I
took George's advice and decanted it and let it sit for about an hour
prior to drinking and that made a HUGE difference. There was
virtually no carbonation at all doing as George suggested, thanks!
Still needs some time to age, it's only been in bottle about 3 weeks,
but couldnt' help myself. Too bad about the bit of carbonation,
but it's a learning experience.
My chardonnay is now in the secondary and will be degassed about the middle of next week.
Any tips? I was going to use the mix-stir I have and make sure
the temp was in the low 70s or even mid 70s depending on weather.
I mixed too long last time and made a cyclone or two here and there, I
am going to try to avoid that this time.
it's about 30 seconds each direction with the mix stir, right?
Also, I am assuming that I run the mix stir up and down the carboy
throughout that 30 seconds and do this for a couple of minutes?
Or for 15 minutes?
A bit of carbonation from my poor degassing technique, but I
took George's advice and decanted it and let it sit for about an hour
prior to drinking and that made a HUGE difference. There was
virtually no carbonation at all doing as George suggested, thanks!
Still needs some time to age, it's only been in bottle about 3 weeks,
but couldnt' help myself. Too bad about the bit of carbonation,
but it's a learning experience.
My chardonnay is now in the secondary and will be degassed about the middle of next week.
Any tips? I was going to use the mix-stir I have and make sure
the temp was in the low 70s or even mid 70s depending on weather.
I mixed too long last time and made a cyclone or two here and there, I
am going to try to avoid that this time.
it's about 30 seconds each direction with the mix stir, right?
Also, I am assuming that I run the mix stir up and down the carboy
throughout that 30 seconds and do this for a couple of minutes?
Or for 15 minutes?